June 28, 2026

The Tumbling of Trump

  By David Haldane   June 29, 2026     He’s finally lost me. Two years ago, I wrote a column called “Confession: Hamas Made Me […]
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April 6, 2026

Full Circle

By David Haldane April 6, 2026     For many years my mother refused to drive a Volkswagen. Though I was too young to understand it […]
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April 6, 2026

Another Political Pope

By David Haldane April 6, 2025     Frankly, I’d hoped for better. After the previous pontiff accused Israel of committing “genocide” in Gaza and celebrated […]
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March 30, 2026

Distorting Reality

By David Haldane March 30, 2026     I rarely argue with fellow columnists. Especially those published in The Manila Times, a paper I deeply respect […]
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March 9, 2026

The Inevitability of a Righteous War

By David Haldane March 9, 2026     Finally! That was my immediate reaction to last week’s news that the US and Israel had attacked Iran. […]
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March 1, 2026

Another Journalist Bites the Dust

By David Haldane March 2, 2026     I promised to bring him a crucifix. He was my publicist in Manila, a devout Catholic with whom […]
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December 15, 2025

A Cringeworthy Line

By David Haldane Dec. 15, 2025     Had I been eating a donut, I surely would have choked on it. What on God’s earth, you […]
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October 20, 2025

A Tearful Homecoming

By David Haldane Oct. 20, 2025     They’re back! Defying global fears that the war in Gaza would never end, all 20 of the surviving […]
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October 6, 2025

Hate Invades an Idyllic Philippine Island

By David Haldane Oct. 6, 2025     It feels like something a Nazi might say. “If Chabad House is legal,” Maria Tokong wonders on Facebook, […]
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September 14, 2025

Wailing at the Western Wall

By David Haldane Sept. 14, 2025   It hit me like a stone. One minute I was standing awkwardly at Jerusalem’s historic Western Wall wondering what […]
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September 1, 2025

Let My People Go: Israeli Protesters Shouting in the Wrong Direction!

  By David Haldane Sept.1, 2025     I was departing for dinner in Jerusalem when a human storm swept me into its core. “Bring them […]
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August 25, 2025

A Bleeding Nation

By David Haldane August 25, 2025     The pain is everywhere. You see it on the posters massed in random places bearing the pictures of […]
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